A Republican lawmaker in New Mexico introduced a bill on Wednesday that would legally require victims of rape to carry their pregnancies to term in order to use the fetus as evidence for a sexual assault trial.

House Bill 206, introduced by state Rep. Cathrynn Brown (R), would charge a rape victim who ended her pregnancy with a third-degree felony for "tampering with evidence."

“Tampering with evidence shall include procuring or facilitating an abortion, or compelling or coercing another to obtain an abortion, of a fetus that is the result of criminal sexual penetration or incest with the intent to destroy evidence of the crime," the bill says.

Third-degree felonies in New Mexico carry a sentence of up to three years in prison.

you've got to be kidding... Is this real lol? That's about as fucked up wrong as it gets. I've become a lot more pro life over the years but this is just nuts. As much as I loath the idea of giving any credibility to psychiatry, Cathrynn Brown, needs some sort of mental health evaluation and perhaps some shock therapy lol.

you've got to be kidding... Is this real lol? That's about as fucked up wrong as it gets. I've become a lot more pro life over the years but this is just nuts. As much as I loath the idea of giving any credibility to psychiatry, Cathrynn Brown, needs some sort of mental health evaluation and perhaps some shock therapy lol.